I wouldn’t be very wrong when I say that small eyes are sometimes a turn off. Needless to say,larger eyes are considered to be more expressive and beautiful. Some of us are born blessed with dreamy large eyes and the rest of us who don’t have them already, don’t worry! You are in the right place if you want to transform your presumably small eyes into large expressive ones.
Large eyes need not be something you should be born with! However, you can use a few/all/or a combination of the following 7 tips and confidently flaunt your ‘new look’!
1. Manicure your eyebrows
First and foremost, get a professional to thread your eyebrows. Even if you feel that you do not need to; get it done. Eyebrows accentuate the whole face and you’d be amazed at the result! Your look can be literally transformed by the power of those tweezers/threading. You can get the basic shape for your eyebrows from the professional and then update them by removing stray hairs with the help of your tweezers. Take care not to over tweeze your eye brows by the way! But it is important to get it done at least once a month from a salon; it doesn’t cost much.!
2. Curl your lashes
Curling your lashes can really open up your eyes and make them seemingly bigger. Invest in a good mascara and apply them on the top lashes,stroke by stroke in the vertical direction. Gently remove any excess on your lashes. You get to buy eyelash curlers now and you can get one and (be careful) curl your lashes effectively after your mascara has dried. If you find the curler scary(like a few of my friends), I recommend treating your mascara wand with warm air from a blow dryer for a few minutes and using it to curl your lashes the same way you apply mascara( be careful the wand is not too hot or oww! You don’t want to hurt your eyes.) Another way is to use a two in one ‘curling mascara’. You can also apply mascara on your lower lashes but I must warn you,some people find that it doesn’t do good.
3. False lashes
Don’t back away from false lashes because you think they’ll make your eyes seem fake. Trust me, when applied properly,they can make your eyes absolutely gorgeous! Use individual,little clusters of lashes on your eyelashes,with a little spacing in between each cluster,especially on the outer rim of your eyes. This will give you a more natural look. I’m not telling you its easy to do at first. You need a lil bit of practice with the glue and applying the lashes onto the rim with it. Celebs get their lush lashes just the same way! While removing them, soften it first and gently tug them out.
4. Eye liner
It can do wonders in widening your eyes and comes in a variety of forms like liquid,pencil and gel eye liner. Only practice makes perfect and you can use a pencil liner for a more natural look. Whereas liquid liner ushers in those bold,dramatic looks. You can extend a little from the end of the eye rim as in a feline or cat eye look and make your eyes longer. If you want to go an extra mile in making your eyes bigger,then line the lower rim with white liner. Please don’t get yourself a very harsh white,or you’d look like a clown.
5. Eye shadows
Apply light colors at the inner corner (near your nose) and make the colors go progressively darker as you go to the outer corner. Three color blends look hot! And remember,Blending is the key. Never apply a dark color in the inner corner of your eye if you want bigger eyes. Smokey eyes may be in vogue, but unfortunately it makes eyes look smaller so you’d probably want to keep the look at bay. Another general tip is to use lighter colors during the day and darker ones for night use. If you use variants of the color of your eyes,it can play them up. Contrasting tones like plum shadow for black eyes and gold tones for blue eyes can make your eyes go ‘pop’.
6. Use a highlighter
If you have a closer look at any celebrity on the red carpet,you can see it. It brightens up the eyes and gives a ‘whiter’ look. Wondering what? Its a small amount of white near the tear ducts or the inner corner of the eye to do the highlighting trick. You can do this each time you go out! For a glamorous look you can replace the white with sparkly silver eye shadow.Don’t confuse a highlighter with a concealer. A highlighter is used for playing up parts of your face like cheek and brow bones,nose,chin etc. It has got high potential to make or break you look and can do real wonders to your face if applied properly.
7. Reduce puffiness
Puffiness around the eyes can make your eyes look larger. You can also use circle contacts to make your eyes seem larger if they interest you. Every night before you go to bed,apply castor or almond oil to the base of your lashes. This will help them to grow longer and lusher.
Practice Makes perfect
Go in this order!
1.Apply eye shadow..blend blend
2.Eye liner
3.Mascara
4.Highlight your eyes
5.Curl lashes